Recycling Treated Municipal Wastewater for Industrial Water Use

MCES Recycling Treated Wastewater for Industrial Reuse Project
Meeting Summary
Meeting: Municipal Wastewater Reuse Regulatory Stakeholder Group
Meeting No.: ME02 Date: 6/12/06
Location: 390 Robert Street, Rm B Lower Level Time: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Not a well-known topic in Minnesota.
Industrial sector may need some education in this area. Industries are use to
internally using water, but not ‘reuse’ of water from another supply, like municipal
WWTPs.
6. Other Stakeholders to Involve
Minnesota Environmental Initiative
Minnesota Environmental Partnership
o Over 90 groups
o Help organize groups for specific issues
Concurrent project: MCES Regional Water Supply Assessment
Southwest and Northwest Metro Area Ground Water Groups
Clean Water Cabinet
Industrial
o Mining (iron range)
o Red River Basin Committee (well organized group that had addressed
ground water supply and surface water for the watershed)
o Corn Growers (ethanol)
o MEP
o Chamber of Commerce – talk with Mike Robertson
7. Summary
Plan to look to the Water Supply Advisory group for involvement and tie in the
water supply driver.
Additional meetings with the planning/regulatory stakeholders at this meeting and
an expanded list of stakeholders will be held, with the timing of the meeting(s)
dependent on the other stakeholders that are brought into the project.
Decisions:
No major decisions reached. The intent of this meeting was discussion and informationsharing.
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